Meet the villagers who protect biodiversity on the top of the world
It was a chilly February day. Dangwen and his wildlife monitoring team patrolled along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The river was frozen solid,…
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Politically charged: do you know where your batteries come from?
Ben McLellan, Kyoto University This article is part of a series on building the future of batteries. How can we create the batteries we’ll need…
Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt
James Dyke, University of Southampton By continuing to delay significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, we risk handing young people alive today a bill of…
Six years after Fukushima, much of Japan has lost faith in nuclear power
Tatsujiro Suzuki, Nagasaki University Six years have passed since the Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11, 2011, but Japan is still dealing with its impacts….
Worthless mining waste could suck CO₂ out of the atmosphere and reverse emissions
The Paris Agreement commits nations to limiting global warming to less than 2˚C by the end of the century. However, it is becoming increasingly apparent…
Will blazing a low-carbon path pay off for California?
President Trump has made it clear he intends to dismantle the Obama administration’s policies for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. But California Governor Jerry Brown…
Yes, the Arctic’s freakishly warm winter is due to humans’ climate influence
For the Arctic, like the globe as a whole, 2016 has been exceptionally warm. For much of the year, Arctic temperatures have been much higher…
Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2017
After a disappointing 2016, when most of the annual major meteor showers were washed out by moonlight, 2017 looks far more promising. Of the big…
Now that Christmas is over, what are you going to do with your tree?
How time flies. But as the festive season draws to a close there is one thing left to sort out: what to do with the…
The race to make Formula One greener
Toby Miller, Loughborough University Formula One racing has been the subject of a massive takeover by US cable tycoon John Malone, driven by the desire…
How trees communicate via a Wood Wide Web
A new book, The Hidden Life of Trees, claims that trees talk to one another. But is this really the case? The simple answer is…
Nuclear fusion, the clean power that will take decades to master
Nuclear fusion is what powers the Sun and the stars – unleashing huge amounts of energy through the binding together of light elements such as…